Three Golden Principles to Discover the Right Path
The discovery of the right path is
never easy. Every scripture seems to point to different direction. These paths
often cross the paths shown by the successful people. There is always a conflict
between the paths shown by the teachers, leaders, parents and scriptures.
In reality, whenever we follow any path, immediately a doubt arise in our mind
as contrary views start emerging in our mind which we often call the voice of
the conscious, which seems to suggest just the opposite. However no sooner we
start following the voice of our conscious, the other side of the mind start
arguing against any such call of conscious calling it impracticable.
Thus most people are always confused. Whatever they do, there is always a
dissent from at least one side of the brain. You have to either ignore the call
of the mind or that of the conscious. In either case you are not sure what is
right for you.
Often people decide to make success as the criteria for the right path. If you
succeed in following a particular path, you develop more faith on it and you
start ignoring the other. Yet, when the same path leads you to failure in your
subsequent attempt, you again get confused.
How to resolve the conflict between the mind and the conscious and discover the
right path in life?
Three Principles of Natural Justice
There are three principles that are now universally accepted by the Judiciary
and Courts to deliver justice. These three principles are called the principles
of natural justice as they can be applied in any aspect to life for determining
the truth.
There three simple principles are:
(i) Do not be the judge in your own cause
(ii) Hear the other side
(iii) Base your decision on independent evidence
The truth is always hidden between the logic of the mind and the voice of the
conscious. While the mind represents the worldly wisdom which a man acquire in
this life, the couscous represents the eternal wisdom which has been acquired
through ages in the evolution of the world. The voice of the conscious thus
represents the voice of the soul of the world or the mind of the God.
The human soul or the Self of the person acts as a mediator and help you in
understanding the truth. The key is to follow the three principles of the
natural justice which are:-
(1) Do Not Be Judge of Your Own Cause
The biggest danger in arriving at the wrong conclusion is the involvement of the
self. The first thought that emerges in the mind is one that is beneficial to
the self. However, the human conscious that knows the mind of the God,
immediately opposes it if such thoughts is against the interest of the world or
the society. Hence the man is always prevented in taking actions that benefits
him at the cost of the society or other people.
Therefore, one must extract himself from the picture and imagine himself as mere
observer instead of the beneficiary or affected party. Imagine that the two
parties in this case (mind and conscious) have nothing to do with you. You have
to decide the matter as a Judge as if you are deciding it for another person.
This is what is called the Golden Rule in Bible which states
"Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them,
because this summarizes the Law and the Prophets."
(2) Hear the Other Side
Most of us decide the issues based on our instinct without listening to the
other side. We have to understand that we are all prejudiced and if we decide
the issue based on our own prejudices, we are likely to be wrong most of the
time. Most people commit this mistake. They either listen to only their mind or
only to their conscious. If they are worldly wise, they prefer to listen to
their mind which knows the world better rather than listening to the (dissent)
voice of the soul (conscious). Similarly, a spiritual person only listen to his
voice of conscious and trusts the scriptures rather than using his commonsense
by listening his own mind which often tells the other side of the argument. In
either case, the person reaches to the wrong conclusion.
This small story explains this mystery.
An extremely scholarly person who had mastered all scripture was traveling in
boat. The boatman was a poor and unlettered man. The Scholar asked the boatman,
"Have you learned the Vedas?"
"No", said the boatman.
"Your quarter life is wasted. Have you learned Ramayana"
"No" said again the boatman.
"Then your half life is wasted."
Then the boatman asked the scholar,
"Sir. Have you learned swimming?"
"No" replied the scholar man.
"Then your whole life is wasted"
"Why" asked the surprised scholar.
"Because the boat has developed a hole in its bottom and it is going to sink."
With these words the boatman jumped into the river and saved his life while the
scholar lost his life.
Thus one who listens only to his conscious without applying his mind fail in
this world as he can not even fulfill his physical needs. Similarly one who
fails to listen to the voice of his conscious fail to get happiness and peace
even after getting everything in the world.
The right method is to listen to both i.e. the voice of the mind and the
conscious. One has to listen to the arguments patiently without jumping to quick
conclusions. Gradually the right path emerges which satisfies not only the
conscious but also the mind.
Before the person comes to any conclusion, he has to find evidence to arrive at
the truth.
(3) Base Your Decisions on Independent Evidence
The third most important principle of natural justice is the reliance on
independent evidence. For example, one has to ask the mind to prove by evidence
how does it claim that honesty is the best policy. Mere arguments do not mean
anything. If the mind can produce some people who prove its argument, then only
it must be accepted. Similarly, the voice of conscious must also be tested
against the evidence.
The evidence produced by the voice of conscious may not be material or worldly
but it may also come from the inner world. For example, the proof that honesty
is the best policy may come from inside as on introspection, he may find that he
always felt bad when he behaved in a dishonest manner while felt happy if he had
been honest. Similarly the proof of kindness, compassion, love, justice, hatred,
envy etc can all be searched from inside by recalling the past.
When Mind and Soul Become Friends
When people have faith on the judge, even the losing party respects the verdict.
In the same way, if the person develops neutrality between the mind and the
soul, the conflict between the mind and the conscious gradually disappears as
they develop friendship and faith in each other. The mind start speaking the
voice of conscious and the conscious start respecting the reasoning mind.
This leads to the enlightenment of the person as such a man always have the
synergy between his thoughts and deeds as the thoughts emerge from the soul of
the person and the actions are driven by the mind. This eliminates all conflicts
and confusion from the mind of the person.
This leads to emergence of peace and happiness in the person's mind and soul. He
not only succeed in his life as his mind knows the world but also succeed in
achieving happiness as his conscious knows the will of the God.
A self enlightened person is not only respected by the worldly people but also
revered in the spiritual word due to his insight in understanding the mind of
God that contains the eternal truths of life.
Follow the Three Principles
One can discover the right path in his life by applying the three golden. The
principles of natural laws that are universally accepted in the modern world are
equally applicable in resolving the conflict between the mind and the soul and
removing all confusion. Such a person enjoys clarity in his vision and synergy
between his thoughts and action. He thus discovers the path of truth and
happiness.
A Brief Profile of Dr Awdhesh K Singh
I am an Engineer by education, a public officer by profession and a spiritual
person by intuition.
I hold my PhD degree in the field of E-Governance.
I am a founding member of The Aatmic Science Foundation (The Science of Soul
Foundation) that is working for the synthesis between all religions,
spirituality and sciences.
The website of the foundation is
http://www.scienceofsoul.com
My main area of study and research is to use religions, spirituality and
scientific methods of investigations to understand and solve the real life
problems of human beings.
I have published hundreds of articles and research papers on this topic on
various websites and journals.
Please contact me on my email aksinghirs
[a] yahoo.com for any help, suggestions or feedback.
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